1 Role, Functions, Organizational Structure,
Strategic Initiatives & Priorities
Mandate
Development and Promotion of India’s
International trade and commerce through
formulation of appropriate policy and
implementation of various provisions
thereof.
Vision and Mission
Make India a significant player in world
trade by 2020. Obtain market access for
our exports by negotiating multilateral,
bilateral and regional trade agreements.
Promote and diversify exports through Plan
schemes, policies and strategies. Assume
role of leadership in international trade
organizations.
Functions
The Department formulates, implements and
monitors the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) which
provides the basic framework of policy and
strategy to be followed for promoting exports
and trade. The Trade Policy is periodically
reviewed to incorporate changes necessary
to take care of emerging economic scenarios
both in the domestic and international
economy. Besides, the Department is also
entrusted with responsibilities relating to
multilateral and bilateral commercial relations,
Special Economic Zones, state trading,
export promotion and trade facilitation, and
development and regulation of certain export
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oriented industries and commodities. Work
allocated to the Department, in accordance
with the Allocation of Business Rules, 1961,
Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities
is placed at Annexure1.1.
The Department is headed by a Secretary
who is assisted by an Additional Secretary &
Financial Adviser, four Additional Secretaries,
twelve Joint Secretaries and Joint Secretary
level officers and a number of other senior
officers.
The Department is functionally organized
into the following eight Divisions:
1. Administration and General
2. Finance Division
3. Economic Division
4. Trade Policy Division
5. Foreign Trade Territorial Divisions
6. State Trading & Infrastructure Division
7. Supply Division
8. Plantation Division.
The various offices / organizations under the
administrative control of the Department are:
(A) three Attached Offices, (B) ten Subordinate
Offices, (C) ten Autonomous Bodies, (D) five
Public Sector Undertakings, (E) two Advisory
Bodies, (F) fourteen Export Promotion
Councils and (G) five Other Organizations. A
complete list of these offices/ organizations
along with the postal addresses is given at
Annexure 1.2.
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 Strategic Initiatives and Priorities Ministry of Commerce and Industry and is
headed by Director General of Foreign Trade.
The key strategic initiatives to achieve
Right from its inception till 1991, when
the aspirations have been formulated on
liberalization in the economic policies of the
the basis of the critical assessment of our
Government took place, this organization has
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
been essentially involved in the regulation
challenges facing the Indian economy and
and promotion of foreign trade through
the export sector. These are based on a series
regulation. Keeping in line with liberalization
of discussions within the Department and
and globalization and the overall objective of
consultation with stake holders i.e. premier
increasing of exports, DGFT has since been
industry organizations and Export Promotion
assigned the role of “facilitator”. The shift
Councils and expected trends of growth in
was from prohibition and control of imports/
world economy and trade. The important
exports to promotion and facilitation of
initiatives include -
exports/imports, keeping in view the interests
• Diversification of export product basket of the country.
• Diversification into non-traditional Organisational Set-up
markets and conclusion of ongoing FTA
This Directorate, with headquarters at New
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negotiations and initiating new FTAs

Delhi, is headed by the Director General
• Strengthening export related of Foreign Trade. It is responsible for
infrastructure implementing the Foreign Trade Policy with
• Enhancing credit flows for exports at the main objective of promoting India’s
lower cost exports. The DGFT also issues licenses to
exporters and monitors their corresponding
• Reducing Transaction Costs
obligations through a network of 36 regional
• Diversification of Services exports offices and an extension counter at Indore.
• Building up a Brand Image of India The regional offices are located at the
• Support to Plantation Sector following places:-
• Protection to sensitive domestic industries S. Regional Office S. Regional Office
No. No.
The broad organizational set up and major role
and functions of the offices / organizations 1. Ahmedabad 2. Amritsar
under the administrative control of the 3. Bengaluru 4. Bhopal
Department are discussed below: 5. Chandigarh 6. Chennai
7. Coimbatore 8. Cuttack
(A) Attached Offices 9. Dehradun 10. Ernakulam (Kochi)

(i) Directorate General of Foreign Trade 11. Guwahati 12. Hyderabad

(DGFT) 13. Jaipur 14. Jammu

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) 15. Kanpur 16. Kolkata

organisation is an attached office of the 17. Ludhiana 18. Madurai

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19. Moradabad 20. Mumbai Technology, Electrical Stores, Mechanical
21. Nagpur 22. New Delhi
Engineering, Automobiles, Steel & Cement,
Structural Engineering, Hardware, Workshop
23. Panaji (Goa) 24. Panipat
& Machine Tools, Wool & Leather, Paper
25. Patna 26. Puducherry
& Paper products, Oil & Chemicals. The
27. Pune 28. Raipur handling of commodity wise work facilitates
29. Rajkot 30. Shillong maintenance of a data bank on prices,
31. Srinagar 32. Surat vendors, specifications, market trends, etc.
At present, DGS&D deals with 179 valid R/C

Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities

33. Thiruvananthapuram 34. Varanasi
35. Visakhapatnam 36. Vadodara
All regional offices provide facilitation to
exporters in regard to developments in
international trade, i.e. WTO agreements,
Rules of Origin and anti-dumping issues, etc.
to help exporters in their import and export
decisions in an internationally dynamic
environment.
(ii) Directorate General of Supplies and
Disposals (DGS&D)
The DGS&D, with headquarter at New Delhi,
is headed by a Director General. It functions
as the executive arm of the Supply Division of
the Department of Commerce for conclusion
of Rate Contracts for common user items,
procurement of stores, consultancy etc. It
has five Regional Supply Offices located at
Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad and
Kolkata. The functions of DGS&D are carried
out through its functional wings & supporting
service wings. The functional wings are the
Supply Wing and the Quality Assurance
wing. The supporting service wing includes
Administration, Vigilance, Complaints and
Public Relations, Planning and Co-ordination,
Internal Work Study, Management
Information Services, Litigation& M.I.C., etc.
The Supply Wing has commodity-wise
Purchase Directorates such as Information
(Rate Contract) items. Due to reduction in
the quantum of inspection work in some
sub-regional offices, Q.A. wing offices at
Jabalpur, Patna, Cuttack, Bokaro and Tirupur
Sub-centres have been closed down during
the year. There are 24 outlying offices, out
of which 20 Offices/ Sub-centers are Quality
Assurance Wing (including Headquarters)
spread all over the country.
DGS&D e-Procurement Project
The DGS&D has developed a comprehensive
e-procurement package encompassing
every aspect of its procurement activity.
Implemented through NIC by a customised
web-based application software, the package
is nationally operated involving DGS&D HQrs,
its four regional offices and twenty field
offices. DGS&D’s e-Procurement Application
is accessed by around 3,000 Central
Government users through exclusive user
IDs and passwords for online placement of
Supply Orders against Rate Contracts.
Packages have already been developed and
implemented for Registration of Vendors,
Store coding, Pre bid Meetings, Finalization
of specifications (Technical Particulars),
Issue of Tender Notice/ Tender enquiry, Bid
submission/ Bid opening/ Evaluation of Bids
for common generalized items, Award of Rate
Contracts, Supply Order, Inspection Notes,

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 Dispatch Details by Vendors, Receipt Details required, under the Customs Tariff Act, the
by Consignees, Bill submission, etc. amount of anti-dumping duty/ countervailing
duty on the identified articles as would be
The project has increased transparency,
adequate to remove injury to the domestic
improved efficiency and instilled confidence
industry.
among stake holders in the procurement
processes and is expected to bring in significant From 1992 till 30.11.2013, DGAD initiated
savings to the exchequer by developing a anti-dumping investigations into 295 cases.
fully net-worked environment where all the The countries prominently figuring in anti-
tendering and rate contracting work will be dumping investigations are China, European
done online/electronically through a web Union, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, USA, Singapore,
enabled software. Russia, etc. The major product categories
on which anti-dumping duty has been
(iii) D
 irectorate General of Anti-Dumping levied are chemicals and petrochemicals,
& Allied Duties (DGAD) pharmaceuticals, fibres/yarns, steel and
The Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & other metals and consumer goods.
Allied Duties was constituted in April, 1998
Till November, 2013, DGAD has initiated
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and is headed by the Designated Authority

676 investigations on imports from various
of the level of Additional Secretary/Joint
countries. The details of such investigations
Secretary to the Government of India who
are shown in graph given below :
is assisted by an Adviser (Cost). In addition,
there are fifteen Investigating and Costing DGAD has brought out publications on Anti-
Officers to conduct investigations. The dumping Guidelines, Application Proforma,
Directorate is responsible for carrying out Exporter/Importer Questionnaires and a
investigations and recommending, where user-friendly booklet on Frequently Asked

No. of investigations initiated by DGAD as on 30.11.2013

No. of investigations initiated by DGAD as on
30.11.2013
180 161 157
160
No. of Initiations

140
120
100 80
80
60 53 52
37 37
40 33 24 21 21
20
0
Singapore

Others
Russia
EU

Korea RP

Chines Taipei

Thailand

USA

Japan

Malaysia
China PR

Countries

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Questions concerning anti-dumping and
anti-subsidy measures and placed on the
website of the Ministry of Commerce and
Industry (http://commerce.gov.in). Also
available on the website is compendium
on Anti-dumping laws and all the DGAD
notifications, i.e. Initiation notifications,
Preliminary and Final Findings, Corrigendum,
etc. pertaining to various anti-dumping
cases initiated by DGAD and all trade notices
issued by DGAD.
During the period from 01.04.2013 to
30.11.2013, DGAD had initiated 25 number
of anti-dumping cases, issued Preliminary
Findings in 01 case, Final Findings in 19 cases
including Final Findings in 1 case remanded
back by Customs, Excise and Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT).
(B) Subordinate Offices
(i) Directorate General of Commercial
Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S)
The Directorate General of Commercial
Intelligence & Statistics (DGCI&S) is the
premier organization of Govt. of India for
collection, compilation and dissemination
of India’s trade statistics and commercial
information. This Directorate, with its
office located at Kolkata, is headed by the
Director General. It is entrusted with the
work of collecting, compiling and publishing
/ disseminating trade statistics and various
types of commercial information required
by the policy makers, researchers, importers,
exporters, traders as well as overseas
buyers.
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Data Receipt in DGCI&S
DGCI&S receives the basic data in the form
of DTRs (Daily Trade Returns) from different
customs formations and Special Economic
Zones (SEZs) as a part of the administrative
data generated whenever any international
merchandise trade takes place. The Customs
Authority transmits these DTRs in three
Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities
different modes, namely, Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI), Non-EDI and Manual. The
EDI data is transmitted on-line daily through
Indian Customs EDI Gateway (ICEGATE). From
the remaining Ports, the monthly merchandise
trade data is transmitted through e-mail or
CD or through manually typed/ handwritten
paper schedules. From the SEZs, DTRs are
transmitted electronically either through
NSDL or through e-mail directly. However,
from April, 2013 onwards DTRs from the SEZs
are being received through NSDL daily on a
trial basis. DGCI&S processes and compiles
the raw data received using state-of-the-art
technology.
Volume of Data & % contribution by Type of
DTR 2010-11 to 2012-13
The number of records being processed
in DGCI&S has been steadily increasing
over the years. From 39 lakh records
processed in 2000-01, the number
has increased to 140 lakh in 2012-13. The
number of records processed during the
last 3 years, the distribution of records
by type and the contribution of
different types of transactions to the total
value of trade is shown in the following 3
tables:-
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 Table 1.1
Number of Records Processed 2010-11 to 2012-13
Year Export Import Total
2010-11 5518180 5328817 10846997
2011-12 6779121 6233440 13012561
2012-13 7459826 6558292 14018118
Table 1.2
Number of Records Processed (2010-11 to 2012-13) by type of record
Year Export Import Export + Import
EDI Non-EDI Manual EDI Non-EDI Manual EDI Non-EDI Manual
2010-11 85.31 8.88 5.82 94.27 4.03 1.71 89.61 6.54 3.84
2011-12 87.22 8.62 4.16 93.41 5.91 0.69 90.18 7.32 2.50
2012-13 87.94 10.04 2.02 92.89 6.72 0.39 90.26 8.49 1.26
Table1.3
Contribution (%) of Different Types of Transactions to the value of trade
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Year Export Import Export + Import

EDI Non-EDI Manual EDI Non-EDI Manual EDI Non-EDI Manual
2010-11 55.73 30.72 13.55 62.85 17.98 19.17 59.97 23.13 16.89
2011-12 58.19 34.25 7.55 66.32 24.32 9.36 63.19 28.14 8.66
2012-13 59.92 39.07 1.00 68.01 30.50 1.49 64.94 33.76 1.30

Foreign Trade Data Dissemination dissemination process more user friendly

The foreign trade data generated by the
Directorate are disseminated through (i)
Monthly Press Release brought out by the
Department of Commerce in a fortnight’s time
from the end of a month, (ii) Foreign Trade
Statistics of India (Principal Commodities &
Countries), (iii) Monthly Statistics of Foreign
Trade of India giving detailed item level trade,
and (iv) Quarterly Statistics of Foreign Trade
of India by Countries. It also brings out an
Assessment Report on India’s Foreign Trade
by Air, every year.
DGCI&S has drastically reduced time lag
in all its releases and have made the data
based on the suggestions of its major
stakeholders. The Principal commodity-wise
data is now available within one month and
the item level data within a period of two
months.
Improving Delivery and Accuracy of Foreign
Trade Data
A presentation on issues relating to
transmission of trade data from Customs
to DGCI&S was made before a Committee
of Secretaries meeting chaired by Cabinet
Secretary on 29.01.2013. Some of the issues
discussed were (i) delay in transmission of
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non-standard quality units in their reporting
by exporters/ importers, (iii) incorrect
reporting of ITC(HS) codes, [i.e. Indian Trade
Clarification based on Harmonized System of
Coding] in shipping bill/ bill of entry and (iv)
the need for putting in place a mechanism
for regular reconciliation with Customs to
ensure complete coverage of trade data, etc.
A committee had been constituted under
the Chairmanship of DG, NIC to examine
these issues. The Committee submitted its
report on 08.03.2013. The recommendations
made by the Committee are currently under
implementation by Central Board of Excise
& Customs (CBEC) and DG (Systems) in
consultation with all the stakeholders.
Development of Web based Module for on-
line Data dissemination
DGCI&S has now put in place a new web
based module for on-line data dissemination
“Foreign Trade Dissemination Portal (FTDP)”
giving direct access to both the provisional
and finalised data set. Some of the features
of the data dissemination software are as
follows:-
• Creation of user ID and password by the
user after providing necessary details
like name, organisation, address, e-mail
ID, telephone numbers, type of data
required, etc.
• Online payment with the help of internet
banking facility.
• Generation of reports in MS Excel, Text
and PDF format depending on the user’s
preference.
• Availability of more number of advanced
classifications for generation of reports
by the users.
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• Provision for storing of user defined
queries in the server for repeated use.
• Time series data for the last 5 years/
previous 12 months.
Publication of Ancillary Statistics & Indian
Trade Journal
DGCI&S also compiles and publishes on
regular basis the Inland Trade Statistics
Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities
covering inter-state movements of goods by
rail, river and air, Statistics on India’s customs
and excise revenue collections (according to
the tariff heads), Shipping Statistics, Inland
Coastal Trade Statistics and Selected Statistics
of Foreign Trade of India. Indian Trade
Journal, a weekly publication, is the premier
publication of DGCI&S.
Pilot Studies
The Directorate has recently completed a pilot
survey on trade in education services in the
current financial year. A survey on wellness
tourism has been taken up in the state of
Kerala in collaboration with the Centre for
Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.
Both these surveys are being conducted
under the technical guidance of an expert
committee constituted by the Central
Statistics Office in the Ministry of Statistics
& Programme Implementation. The pilot
to develop a methodology for creating a
database on interstate movement of goods
by road has been completed and the report
published.
(ii)  ffice of Development Commissioner
O
of Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
The main objectives of the SEZ Scheme are
generation of additional economic activity,
promotion of exports of goods and services,
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 promotion of investment from domestic and
foreign sources, creation of employment
opportunities along with the development of
infrastructure facilities. All laws of India are
applicable in SEZs unless specifically exempted
as per the SEZ Act/ Rules. Each Zone is headed
by a Development Commissioner and is
administered as per the SEZ Act, 2005 and SEZ
Rules, 2006. Units may be set up in the SEZ for
manufacturing, trading or for service activity.
The units in the SEZ have to be net foreign
exchange earners but they are generally
not subjected to any predetermined value
addition or minimum export performance
requirements. Sales in the Domestic Tariff
Area from the SEZ units are treated as if the
goods are being imported and are subject to
payment of applicable customs duties.
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(iii) Pay and Accounts Office (Supply)
The payment and accounting of Supply
Division, including those of DGS&D, are
performed by the Office of Chief Controller
of Accounts (Supply Division) under the
Departmentalized Accounting System.
Payment to suppliers across the country
is made through this organization at its
headquarters in New Delhi and regional
offices situated in Kolkata, Mumbai and
Chennai. Internal Audit functions are also
carried out in respect of 9 CDDO and 16
Non-CDDO situated at various places in the
country.
(iv) P
 ay and Accounts Office (Commerce &
Textiles)
The Pay and Accounts Office, common to
both the Department of Commerce and the
Ministry of Textiles, is responsible for the
payment of claims, accounting of transactions
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and other related matters through the four
Departmental Pay & Accounts Offices in
Delhi, two in Mumbai, two in Kolkata and
two in Chennai. These Departmental Pay
and Accounts Offices are controlled by the
Principal Accounts Office at Delhi with the
Chief Controller of Accounts (CCA) as the
Head of the Department of the Accounts
Wing.
(C) Autonomous Bodies
(i) Coffee Board
The Coffee Board is a statutory organisation
constituted under Section (4) of the
Coffee Act, 1942 and functions under the
administrative control of the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry, Government of
India. The Board comprises 33 Members
including the Chairperson, who is the Chief
Executive and functions from Bangalore. The
remaining 32 Members representing various
interests are appointed as per provisions
under Section 4(2) of the Coffee Act read
with Rule 3 of the Coffee Rules, 1955. The
Board is mainly focusing its activities in the
areas of research, extension, development,
quality upgradation, economic & market
intelligence, external & internal promotion
and labour welfare. The Board has a Central
Coffee Research Institute at Balehonnur
(Karnataka) and Regional Coffee Research
Stations at Chettalli (Karnataka), Chundale
(Kerala), Thandigudi (Tamil Nadu), R.V.Nagar
(Andhra Pradesh) and Diphu (Assam), and
a bio-technology centre at Mysore, apart
from the extension offices located in coffee
growing regions of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and North
Eastern Region.
(ii) Rubber Board
The Rubber Board is a statutory organisation
constituted under Section (4) of the Rubber Act,
1947 and functions under the administrative
control of Ministry of Commerce and
Industry. The Board is headed by a Chairman
appointed by the Central Government
and has 27 members representing various
interests of natural rubber industry. The
Board’s headquarters is located at Kottayam
in Kerala. The Board is responsible for the
development of the rubber industry in the
country by way of assisting and encouraging
research, development, extension and
training activities related to rubber. It also
maintains statistical data of rubber, takes
steps to promote marketing of rubber and
undertake labour welfare activities. The
activities of the Board are exercised through
nine departments viz. Rubber Production,
Research, Processing & Product Development,
Training, License & Excise Duty, Statistics
and Planning, Market Promotion, Finance &
Accounts and Administration. The Board has
five Zonal Offices and 43 Regional Offices. It
has a Central Rubber Research Institute in
Kottayam and 10 regional research stations
located in various rubber growing states of
the country. It also has a Rubber Training
Institute located at Kottayam.
(iii) Tea Board
Tea Board was set up as a statutory body on
1st April, 1954 as per Section (4) of the Tea
Act, 1953. As an apex body, it looks after the
overall development of the tea industry. The
Board is headed by a Chairman and consists of
30 Members appointed by the Government of
India representing various interests pertaining
to tea industry. The Board’s Head Office is
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situated in Kolkata and there are two Zonal
offices-one each in North Eastern Region at
Jorhat in Assam and in Southern Region at
Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. Besides, there are 15
regional offices spread over in all the major
tea growing states and four metros. For the
purpose of tea promotion, three overseas
offices are located at London, Moscow and
Dubai. During the year under report a separate
Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities
directorate has been established to look after
the developmental needs of the small tea
sector in the country. Several Sub regional
offices have been opened in all the important
areas of small growers concentration to
maintain a closer interface with the growers.
The functions and responsibilities of Tea
Board include increasing production and
productivity, improving the quality of tea,
market promotion, welfare measures for
plantation workers and supporting Research
and Development. Collection, collation and
dissemination of statistical information to
all stake holders is yet another important
function of the Board. Being the regulatory
body, the Board exerts control over the
producers, manufacturers, exporters, tea
brokers, auction organisers and warehouse
keepers through various control orders
notified under Tea Act.
(iv) Tobacco Board
The Tobacco Board was constituted as a
statutory body on 1stJanuary, 1976 under
Section (4) of the Tobacco Board Act, 1975.
The Board is headed by a Chairman with its
headquarters at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and
is responsible for the development of the
tobacco industry. While the primary function
of the Board is export promotion of all
varieties of tobacco and its allied products, its
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 functions extend to production, distribution
(for domestic consumption and exports) and
export promotion of Flue Cured Virginia (FCV)
tobacco.
(v) Spices Board
The Spices Board was constituted as a
statutory body on 26th February, 1987 under
Section (3) of the Spices Board Act, 1986. The
Board is headed by a Chairman appointed
by Central Government and consists of 32
members. The Board’s Head Office is at Kochi
with Regional/Zonal/Field offices throughout
India. It is responsible for the development
of cardamom industry and export promotion
of the 52 spices listed in the Schedule of the
Spices Board Act, 1986. The primary functions
of the Board include production development
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of small and large cardamom, development
and promotion of export of spices. The
Board is also implementing programmes
for development of spices in North Eastern
region, post-harvest improvement of spices
and organic spices in the country. The activities
of the Board include issue of certificate of
registration as exporter of spices; undertaking
programmes and projects for promotion of
export of spices like setting up of spices parks,
support of infrastructure improvement in
spices processing, assisting and encouraging
studies and research on medicinal properties
of spices, development of new products,
improvement of processing, grading and
packaging of spices; and controlling &
upgrading quality for export (including
setting up of regional quality evaluation
labs and training centres). With regard to
cardamom, the Board’s licenced auctioneers
and dealers facilitate the domestic marketing
through e-auctions. The research activities
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on cardamom are also done by the Board
through its Indian Cardamom Research
Institute.
(vi) The Marine Products Export
Development Authority (MPEDA)
The Marine Products Export Development
Authority was set up as a Statutory Body in
1972 under an Act of Parliament (No.13 of
1972). The Authority, with its headquarters
at Kochi and Field Offices in all the maritime
States of India, is headed by a Chairman. The
Authority is responsible for development
of the marine industry with special focus
on marine exports. Besides, it has Trade
Promotional Offices in Tokyo (Japan) and
New York (USA).
(vii) Agricultural and Processed Food
Products Export Development
Authority (APEDA)
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products
Export Development Authority (APEDA) was
established by the Government of India
under the Agricultural and Processed Food
Products Export Development Authority Act
passed by the Parliament in December, 1985.
The Authority, with its headquarters at New
Delhi, is headed by a Chairperson. APEDA has
been serving the agri-export community for
27 years and to reach out to the exporters in
different parts of the country, in addition to 5
Regional Offices, APEDA has set up 13 Virtual
Offices at Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala),
Bhubaneshwar (Orissa), Srinagar (J&K),
Chandigarh, Imphal (Manipur), Agartala
(Tripura), Kohima (Nagaland), Chennai (Tamil
Nadu), Raipur (Chhatisgarh), Ahmedabad
(Gujarat), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Lucknow
(Uttar Pradesh) and Panaji (Goa). APEDA
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has been entrusted with the responsibility
of export promotion and development of
14 agricultural and processed food product
groups listed in the Schedule to the APEDA
Act. In addition to this, APEDA has been
entrusted with the responsibility to monitor
the import of sugar as well.
APEDA has been actively engaged in
the development of markets besides
upgradation of infrastructure and quality to
promote the export of agro products. In its
endeavour to promote agro exports, APEDA
provides financial assistance to the registered
exporters under its Schemes for Market
Development, Infrastructure Development,
Quality Development and Transport
Assistance.
(viii) Export Inspection Council (EIC)
The Export Inspection Council was set up as
a Statutory Body on 1st January, 1964 under
Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control
and Inspection) Act, 1963 to ensure sound
development of export trade of India through
quality control and inspection and for matters
connected therewith. The Council, an official
export-certification body of India, is located
at New Delhi and is headed by a Chairman.
The Council is assisted in its functions by
the Export Inspection Agencies (EIAs),
responsible for carrying out the work of
quality control, inspection and certification
of notified commodities for exports under
the Export (Quality Control and Inspection)
Act, 1963 located at Chennai, Delhi, Kochi,
Kolkata and Mumbai, each having sub-offices
under them (a network of 29 sub-offices)
including laboratories at important ports
and industrial centres in India to cater to
the requirements of the exporters at these
places. The network of its laboratories
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comprises main food laboratories at
Chennai, Kochi, Kolkata and Mumbai, having
state-of-art equipment besides a number of
field laboratories attached to various sub-
offices for microbiological testing supports
reliable third party certification by the
organization.
(ix) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade was
registered in May, 1963 under the Societies
Registration Act, 1860. The Institute was
established by the Government of India with
the objective to strengthen the country’s
external trade sector through development
of human resources and by generating,
analyzing and disseminating data, conducting
research and providing consultancy services.
Since then, the Institute has been the
pioneer in imparting training in foreign
trade management in the country besides
undertaking research and consultancy in
various areas of international business. It is
because of its all round achievements that the
Institute was awarded the status of Deemed
University in May, 2002 by University Grants
Commission (UGC) and accredited in May,
2005 as ‘A’ grade institution by National
Assessment and Accreditation Council
(NAAC).
To commensurate its achievement and
contribution towards development of
knowledge and growth of international trade,
IIFT celebrated its Golden Jubilee on 2nd May,
2013. Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President
of India, graced the ceremony as Chief and
unveiled the Sculpture “Wings of Wisdom”
at IIFT premises. Minister for Commerce
& Industry released the Commemorative
Volume of Foreign Trade review at the
function.
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 The Institute has emerged as a major centre
of international business by aligning its
teaching, research and training capabilities
with its core vision over the years and
by constantly striving to create academic
excellence through its five academic
divisions, namely, Graduate Studies Division
(GSD), Research Division (RD), Management
Development Programmes (MDPs) Division,
International Collaboration and Capacity
Development (ICCD) Division and International
Project Division (IPD). Each Division caters to
competency development in a specific area
and contributes to the overall growth of the
Institute.
(x) Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP)
The Indian Institute of Packaging is an
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autonomous body in the field of packaging
technology which was set up on 14th May,
1966 as a society under Society Registration
Act, 1860 in the year 1966 by the leading
packaging and allied industries and the
Ministry of Commerce, Government of
India. The main objective of this Institute
is to promote the export market by way of
innovative package design and development
and also to upgrade the packaging standards
at national level. The head office of the
Institute is situated at Mumbai and its
branches are located at Delhi, Kolkata,
Chennai and Hyderabad. Recently, the Govt.
of Karnataka has offered a land of 4 acres
to the Institute free of cost for the setting
up a new centre at Bangalore. Accordingly,
the Institute has taken all initiative to
commence the construction of a building
for the commencement of education and
testing activities at IIP, Bangalore during the
12th Five Year Plan.
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The main functions of the Institute are
education in packaging and Research &
Development in the field of packaging. Under
educational activities, the Institute has been
conducting a full time two years Post Graduate
Diploma Programme in packaging technology
since 1985 at Mumbai. Subsequently, similar
programme has also started at Delhi, Kolkata
and Hyderabad. About 180 students have
taken admission into two years PGDP
programme. As on date, more than 2200
students have successfully completed this
programme and all of them are working in the
leading FMG companies in India and abroad.
In addition, under Research & Development,
the Institute has got Research Laboratory
for undertaking the applied research on
packaging of specific food products to
enhance the shelf life and also to evaluate the
characteristics of various packaging materials
for their performance properties. Besides, the
laboratories are also engaged for the testing
of packaging materials and packages. The
Institute has got well equipped laboratories
at head office Mumbai and other branches to
carry out more than 360 types of quality tests
for packaging materials and packages.
The Governing Body of the Institute has got 33
members comprising of 21 members from the
industries representing all sectors of packaging
materials, packaging machineries and user
industries and the balance 12 members are
nominated by the different Ministries and
Commodity Boards of Government of India.
The Director is the Principal Executive Officer
of the Institute who is the overall in-charge
of the organization. The Institute has got
two major divisions, i.e. technical and non-
technical. Technical divisions are having two
departments, i.e. education and R&D.
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(D) Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)
(i) S tate Trading Corporation of India
Limited (STC)
STC was set up on 18th May, 1956 primarily
with a view to undertake trade with East
European countries and to supplement
the efforts of private trade and industry in
developing exports from the country. Since
then, STC has played an important role in
country’s economy. It has arranged imports
of essential items of mass consumption
(such as wheat, pulses, sugar, edible oils,
etc.) into India and contributed significantly
in developing exports of a large number
of items from India. The core strength of
STC lies in handling exports/ imports of
bulk agro commodities. Over the years, STC
has also diversified into exports of steel,
iron ore, molasses and imports of bullion,
hydrocarbons, minerals, metals, fertilizers,
petro-chemicals, etc. This has helped STC
achieve high level of performance in the
recent years. STC is today able to structure and
execute trade deals of any magnitude, as per
the specific requirement of its customers.
Ever since liberalisation of trade policies since
1991, the Corporation carries out most of its
business operations purely on commercial
terms in the competitive global trading
environment.
STC has a paid up equity capital of Rs.60 crore.
As on 31.03.2013, the share of Government
of India in STC’s equity was 91.02%. However,
the same has since been brought down to
90% by way of sale of 1.02% of Government
of India’s holding in STC’s equity through
stock exchanges. The balance 10% is held
by mutual funds, financial institutions and
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public. It has built a net worth of Rs.590 crore
as on 31.03.2013 and has contributed a sum
of over Rs.1200 crore till date to the public
exchequer by way of payment of dividends
and corporate taxes.
The Board of Directors of STC comprises
of whole time Chairman-cum-Managing
Director, five whole-time Directors, two
Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities
ex-officio Directors from Department of
Commerce and independent Directors
appointed by the Government from time to
time. Presently, STC has eight independent
Directors on its Board.
STC has thirteen branch offices in India,
the major ones being at Mumbai, Kolkata,
Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and
Hyderabad. The total manpower of the
Corporation as on 31.03.2013 was 830. STC
has own tank farms, warehouses, godowns at
various locations of the country for storage of
liquid/dry cargo.
(ii) MMTC Limited
The MMTC Limited was created in 1963 as an
independent entity on separation from State
Trading Corporation of India Ltd. primarily
to deal in exports of minerals and ores and
imports of non-ferrous metals. In 1970, MMTC
took over imports of fertilizer raw materials
and finished fertilizers. Over the years import
and export of various other items like steel,
diamonds, bullion, agro, hydrocarbon, etc.
were progressively added to the portfolio of
the company.
MMTC has been following the mantra of
strategic diversification for progress with much
success, exploiting opportunities to expand
base and open up new business prospects. It
endeavours constantly to explore emerging
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 opportunities by synergizing and blending
them with its own core competencies,
thereby creating new epicentres of growth
and expanding its role as a trade organizer
and facilitator. The company has participated
in various value-multiplier initiatives to
enhance its future sustainability through the
JV and PPP route. MMTC has grown over the
years to become one of the largest trading
organizations in India.
Subsidiary Company
MMTC Transnational Pte Ltd., Singapore
(MTPL) is a wholly owned subsidiary company
of MMTC. MTPL continues to enjoy prestigious
“Global Trader Programme” (GTP) status
awarded to it by International Enterprise,
Singapore since FY 2000.
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To expand and give impetus to growing trade
between India and Africa, MMTC has opened
an office at Johannesburg, South Africa in
January, 2011.
(iii) PEC Limited
PEC Ltd (formerly – The Project and
Equipment Corporation of India Ltd.) was
carved out of the STC in 1971-72 to take
over the canalized business of STC’s (State
Trading Corporation of India Ltd.) railway
equipment division, to diversify into turn-key
projects especially outside India and to aid
and assist in promotion of exports of Indian
engineering equipment. With effect from
23rd May, 1990, PEC Ltd. became a subsidiary
of the then newly formed Holding Company,
Bharat Business International Ltd. Thereafter,
from 27th March, 1991, PEC Ltd. became an
independent company directly owned by
Government of India. The main functions
of PEC Ltd. includes export of projects,
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engineering equipment and manufactured
goods, defence equipment & stores, import
of industrial raw materials, bullion and agro
commodities, consolidation of existing lines of
business and simultaneously developing new
products and new markets; diversification in
export of non-engineering items eg. coal and
coke, iron ore, edible oils, steel scraps, etc.;
and structuring counter trade/ special trading
arrangements for further exports.
Over the years, business of PEC Ltd. has
diversified with industrial raw materials,
commodities and bullion constituting major
part of its turnover and profit. Some of the
key initiatives have been consolidation
of existing line of business and selective
diversification into sustainable business areas
improving operational efficiency and cost
effectiveness.
PEC Ltd., over last four decades has expanded
its role to become an international trading
company and a provider of integrated trade
facilitating services.
(iv) E xport Credit Guarantee Corporation
of India Limited (ECGC)
The Corporation was established in 1957 as
the Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India
Ltd. Keeping in view the wider role played by
the Corporation, the name was changed to
Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
Ltd. (ECGC). ECGC is the premier organization
in the country which offers credit risk
insurance cover to exporters, banks, etc. The
primary objective of the Corporation is to
promote country’s exports by covering the risk
of export on credit. It provides: (a) a range of
insurance covers to Indian exporters against
the risk of non-realization of export proceeds
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due to commercial or political causes and (b)
different types of guarantees to banks and
other financial institutions to enable them to
extend credit facilities to exporters on liberal
basis.
(v) India Trade Promotion Organization
(ITPO)
The Trade Fair Authority of India (TFAI) and
the Trade Development Authority (TDA)
were merged together in 1992, and the new
organization was renamed as India Trade
Promotion Organisation (ITPO). ITPO is the
premier trade promotion agency of India
and provides a broad spectrum of services to
trade and industry and acts as a catalyst for
growth of India’s trade.
The main corporate objectives of ITPO are:
• To promote external and domestic
trade of India in cost-effective manner
by organising and participating in
international trade fairs in India and
abroad; organising buyer-seller meets and
contact promotion programmes abroad;
conducting overseas market surveys,
exchanging and coordinating visits of
business delegations and undertaking
need-based research to facilitate trade
in specific sectors/ markets;
• To support and assist small and medium
enterprises to access markets – both in
India and abroad;
• To disseminate trade information and
facilitate E-commerce/ trade;
• To develop quality physical infrastructure,
services and management so as to enable
holding of trade promotion events such
as conventions and trade exhibitions of
international standards; and
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• To enlist the involvement and support
of the State Governments, other
government trade promotion agencies,
trade and industry associations in
the promotion of India’s external and
domestic trade.
With its Headquarters at Pragati Maidan,
New Delhi and regional offices at Bangalore,
Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities
Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai, ITPO ensures
representative participation of trade and
industry from different regions of the country
in its events in India and abroad.
(E) Export Promotion Councils (EPCs)
Presently, there are fourteen Export
Promotion Councils under the administrative
control of the Department of Commerce.
Names and addresses of these Councils are
given in Annexure 1.2. These Councils are
registered as non-profit organizations under
the Companies Act/ Societies Registration
Act. The Councils perform both advisory and
executive functions. The role and functions
of these Councils are guided by the Foreign
Trade Policy, 2009-14. These Councils are
also the registering authorities for exporters
under the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14.
(F) Advisory Bodies
(i) Board of Trade (BOT)
The Board of Trade (BOT) was reconstituted
on 16.07.2009 under the Chairmanship of
Commerce & Industry Minister vide order
No.01/94/180/438/AM05/BOT/PC-V dated
16.07.2009. The Board of Trade, inter alia,
advises the Government on policy measures
connected with the Foreign Trade Policy in
order to achieve the objectives of boosting
India’s trade.
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 The sixth meeting of the reconstituted Board
of Trade was held on 27.08.2013 to discuss
the following issues:
a. Overview of global Trade;
b. Policy measures to mitigate fallout of the
adverse scenario;
c. Procedural simplification: specific
suggestion, if any; and
d. Views on Strategy paper put out by
Department of Commerce.
(ii) Inter-State Trade Council (ISTC)
The Inter State Trade Council has been set up
to serve as a mechanism for institutionalized
dialogue between the Union and the States
in matter relating to trade facilitation and
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to create a framework for making States
partners in India’s export effort.
(G) Other Organizations
(i) F ederation of Indian Export
Organizations (FIEO)
The Federation of Indian Export Organizations
set up in 1965, is an apex body of various export
promotion organizations and institutions with
its major regional offices at Delhi, Mumbai,
Chennai and Kolkata. The main objective of
FIEO is to render an integrated package of
services to various organizations connected
with export promotion. It provides the content,
direction and thrust to India’s global export
effort. It also functions as a primary servicing
agency to provide integrated assistance to its
members comprising professional exporting
firms holding recognition status granted
by the government, consultancy firms and
service providers. The Federation organizes
seminars and arranges participation in
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various exhibitions in India and abroad. It
also brings out ‘FIEO News’, for creating
awareness amongst its member exporters
and importers.
(ii) Indian Diamond Institute (IDI)
The Indian Diamond Institute was established
as a Society in the year 1978 at Surat, Gujarat,
with the objective of enhancing the quality,
design and global competitiveness of the
Indian jewellery. The Institute is sponsored by
the Department of Commerce and is a project
of Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion
Council (GJEPC). IDI has developed itself as a
premier institute for imparting technical skills
to the gems and jewellery industry.
The Institute conducts various diploma and
other courses related to diamond & jewellery
trade and industry. It also offers the three year
diploma course on Diamond, Gem & Jewellery
Design & Manufacture. Institute’s Diamond
Certification & Grading Laboratory has been
recognized world over and its laboratory is
also authorised by the DGFT, MOC&I, as per
Chapter 4 of FTP 2009-14 for certification /
grading of diamonds of 0.25 Ct and above.
IDI has been accorded with recognition as a
Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation
(SIRO) under Department of Scientific &
Industrial Research, Ministry of Science &
Technology, Government of India. It has been
also recognised as Anchor Institute (Gem &
Jewellery) by Industries Commissionerate,
Government of Gujarat.
(iii) Footwear Design & Development
Institute (FDDI)
Footwear Design and Development Institute
was established in the year 1986 as a Society
under the Societies Registration Act, 1860
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with an objective to train the professional
manpower for footwear industry. The Institute
is an ISO:9001 and ISO:14001 certified
Institute, which conducts wide range of long
term and short term programmes in the area
of Retail Management, Fashion, Footwear
Merchandising, Marketing, Creative Design,
and Leather Goods & Accessories Design, etc.
The Institute provides one stop solution to
the footwear industry and is internationally
acclaimed as one of the premier institutes in
the area of footwear design, technology and
management.
(iv) N
 ational Centre for Trade Information
(NCTI)
The National Centre for Trade Information
was incorporated on 31st March, 1995 as a
company under Section 25 of Companies Act,
1956. The company started functioning w.e.f.
March, 1996. It has a Board of Directors for
administration of its affairs, which includes
representatives from Ministry of Commerce
& Industry, National Informatics Centre (NIC),
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), and
Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence
& Statistics (DGCI&S). Other representatives
are from India Trade Promotion Organisation
(ITPO) and other Export Promotion Councils/
Apex Bodies.
ITPO and NIC are co-promoters of the company
and have contributed a sum of Rs.4.00 crore
(Rs.2.00 crore each) as Corpus Fund in the
equity contribution of the company.
Major Activities of NCTI
• Trade data based research and analysis
– 2/4/6/8 digit HS classification – India/
Target Country – 9/10 digit level.
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• Focus Market: Focus Product – Export
potential studies.
• Drawing/ evaluating wish lists/ offer lists
under various PTA/ FTAs of India (existing
and prospective).
Trade Data Analysis support to Department
of Commerce
Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities
• India-ASEAN FTA.
• Identification of Tariff lines with high
export potential to Eastern and Central
European Countries.
• India-Canada FTA – Analysis of trade data
and identification of Potential items for
India’s wish list.
Support to Trade and Industry
• Creation and maintenance of websites.
• Website content management.
• Market research/ studies/ surveys.
• Creation of databases – Importers/
Exporters (product category wise).
• Electronic Trading Opportunities (ETOs)
or live trade enquiries – all markets all
products.
• Uploading 52 issues of E-weekly ‘Trade
Point-India’ annually on its website
containing approximately 250 Trade
Leads each week.
• Setting up Trade Information Centres.
• Trade Fair/ exhibitions support.
Web & Database Support Provided to ITPO
• Development & maintenance of all
Fair Specific Websites Corporate, RTI
websites of ITPO.
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 • Creation & maintenance of all fair specific
websites updates on the Corporate, RTI
websites of ITPO.
• Creation of Sector Specific Database &
Participants Feedback Survey for ITPO.
• Collection and compilation of Sector
Specific Database and Participants
Feedback Survey for various fairs
organized by ITPO:
 Website design and development
 Database creation
 Visitor registration
 Feedback surveys.
(v) Price Stabilization Fund Trust (PSFT)
The Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) Scheme
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was launched by Government of India in
April 2003 against the backdrop of decline
in international and domestic prices of tea,
coffee, rubber and tobacco causing distress
to primary growers. The growers of these
commodities were particularly affected
due to substantial reduction in unit value
realization for these crops, at times falling
below their cost of production. The objective
of the scheme was to safeguard the interests
of the growers of these commodities
and provide financial relief when prices
fall below a specified level. The scheme
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was operationalized through the Price
Stabilization Fund Trust. The PSF Scheme
period got over on 30th September, 2013
and a revised scheme proposal – modified
Price Stabilization Fund Trust (2013) is under
consideration of the Government. As on
30th September, 2013, deposits in the PSF
Corpus Fund were Rs.435.55 crore, out of
which Rs.432.88 crore was contributed by
GOI and Rs.2.67crore by growers by way of
entry fee.
A Personal Accident Insurance Scheme
(PAIS) was also under implementation by
PSFT through Cholamandalam M/s. General
Insurance Co. Ltd. for the period 2012-13,
which covered the growers in the sectors of
tea, coffee, rubber, tobacco and spices (chillies,
cardamom, ginger, turmeric and pepper)
having plantations upto 4 hectares only. The
scheme also covers all plantation workers
working on these plantations regardless of
the size of holdings. The insurance cover is
upto Rs.1.00 lakh per person. The premium of
Rs.22.06/- is shared between the beneficiary
and the PSF Trust in the ratio 50:50. During
the year 2013-14, PAIS was operational only
up to 30.09.2013. A revised PAI Scheme
proposal is under the consideration of the
Government.
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Work Allocated to Department of Commerce in accordance with the
Allocation of Business Rules, 1961
A. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The mandate of the Department of Commerce
is regulation and development of India’s
international trade and commerce.
I. INTERNATIONAL TRADE
1. International Trade and Commercial
Policy including tariff and non-tariff
barriers.
2. International Agencies connected with
Trade Policy (e.g. UNCTAD, ESCAP, ECA,
ECLA, EEC, EFTA, GATT/WTO, ITC and
CFC)**. All issues relating to the WTO
including interpretation of WTO rules
and its dispute settlement mechanism.
3. International Commodity Agreements
other than agreements relating to wheat,
sugar, jute and cotton.
4. Residual work of Tariff Commission.
II. FOREIGN TRADE (GOODS & SERVICES)
5. All matters relating to foreign trade.
6. Foreign Trade Policy and Control,
excluding matters relating to-
(a) import of feature films;
(b) export of Indian films- both feature
length and short; and
(c) import and distribution of cine-
film (unexposed) and other goods
required by the film industry.
7. Setting up of Agricultural Export Zone
(AEZ) and 100% Export Oriented Units
(EoUs) including policy and regulatory
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framework and all other related
matters.
8. Development, expansion of export
production and regulation of foreign
Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities
trade in relation to all commodities and
products (excluding jute products and
handicrafts).
9. Matters relating to Export Promotion
Board, Board of Trade and International
Trade Advisory Committee.
10. Matters relating to concerned Export
Promotion Councils/ Export Promotion
Organizations.
11. Coordination for export infrastructure.
12. Projects and programmes for stimulating
and assisting the export efforts.
III. STATE TRADING
13. Policies of State Trading and performance
of organisations established for the
purpose.
14. Production, distribution (for domestic
consumption and exports) and
development of plantation crops, viz.,
tea, coffee, rubber, FCV tobacco*, spices
(production development and export
promotion of cardamom & pepper and
export activities of all other spices).
Export promotion of cashew and tobacco
& their allied products.
* Regulation and export promotion of
Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco and
export promotion of all other types
of tobacco & its allied products.
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 15. Processing and distribution for domestic
consumption and exports of Instant Tea
and Instant Coffee.
IV. SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
16. All matters relating to development,
operation and maintenance of special
economic zones and units in special
economic zones, including foreign trade
policy, fiscal regime, investment policy,
other economic policy and regulatory
framework.
{Note: All fiscal concessions and policy
issues having financial implications are
decided with the concurrence of the
Department of Expenditure/Revenue
(Ministry of Finance) or failing such
concurrence, with the approval of the
Chapter-1
Cabinet.)
V. CADRE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC
CENTRAL SERVICES
17. Cadre Management and all matters
pertaining to training and manpower
planning for the following services-
(1) Indian Trade Service;
(2) Indian Supply Service;
(3) Indian Inspection Service.
VI. ATTACHED AND SUBORDINATE
OFFICES
18. The following are attached and
subordinate offices under this
Department-
(A) ATTACHED OFFICES
(1) Directorate General of Anti-Dumping
and Allied Duties (DGAD).
(2) Directorate General of Foreign Trade
(DGFT).
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(3) Directorate General of Supplies and
Disposals (DGS&D).
(B) SUBORDINATE OFFICES
(1) Directorate General of Commercial
Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S).
(2) Office of Development Commissioner
of Special Economic Zones-
(a) Cochin Special Economic Zone,
Kochi.
(b) Falta Special Economic Zone,
Kolkata.
(c) Kandla Special Economic Zone,
Gujarat.
(d) MEPZ Special Economic Zone,
Chennai.
(e) Noida Special Economic Zone,
Noida.
(f) Santa Cruz Special Economic
Zone, Mumbai.
(g) Visakhapatnam Special
Economic Zone,
Visakhapatnam.
VII. STATUTORY/AUTONOMOUS BODIES/
PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS /
OTHER ORGANISATIONS
19. The following are Statutory/Autonomous
Bodies, Public Sector Undertakings and
Other Autonomous Organisations under
the oversight of this Department-
(A) STATUTORY/AUTONOMOUS BODIES
(1) Agricultural & Processed Food
Products Export Development
Authority (APEDA).
(2) Coffee Board.
(3) Export Inspection Council of India
(EIC).
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 (4) Rubber Board. (1) Agricultural and Processed Food
(5) Spices Board. Products Export Development
(6) Tea Board. Authority (APEDA) Act, 1985.
(7) The Marine Products Export (2) Coffee Board Act, 1942.
Development Authority (MPEDA). (3) Export (Quality Control and
(8) Tobacco Board. Inspection) Act, 1963.
(4) Foreign Trade (Development and
(B) PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS Regulation) Act, 1992.

Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities

(1) ECGC (Export Credit Guarantee (5) Rubber Board Act, 1947.
Corporation of India Limited). (6) Spices Board Act, 1986.
(2) ITPO (India Trade Promotion (7) Tea Board Act, 1953.
Organization).
(8) The Marine Products Export
(3) MMTC Limited (formerly Minerals Development Authority (MPEDA)
and Metals Trading Corporation of Act, 1972.
India Limited).
(9) The Special Economic Zones Act,
(4) PEC Limited (formerly The Projects 2005.
and Equipment Corporation of India
(10) Tobacco Board Act, 1975.
Limited).
** The full form of abbreviations used at
(5) STC Limited (State Trading
Sl.No. A.I.2 hereinabove is as under:-
Corporation of India Ltd.).
(6) STCL Limited (formerly Spices Trading • UNCTAD - United Nations Conference
Corporation Ltd.). on Trade and Development.
• ESCAP - Economic and Social
(C) O
 THER AUTONOMOUS Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
ORGANISATIONS
• ECA - Export Credit Agencies.
(1) Footwear Design & Development
• ECLA - Economic Commission for
Institute (FDDI).
Latin America.
(2) Indian Diamond Institute (IDI).
• EEC - European Economic
(3) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Community.
(IIFT).
• EFTA - European Free Trade
(4) Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP). Association.
(5) National Centre for Trade Information • GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs
(NCTI). and Trade.
(6) Price Stabilisation Fund Trust (PSFT). • WTO - World Trade Organisation.
VIII ACTS/ LEGISLATIONS • ITC - International Trade Centre
20. Acts/ Legislations directly pertaining to • CFC - Controlled Foreign
Department of Commerce - Corporation.

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  Annexure-1.2
Attached Offices/ Subordinate Offices/ Autonomous Bodies/ Public Sector
Undertakings/ Export Promotion Councils/Other Organizations under the
Department of Commerce
Attached Offices
1. Directorate General of Foreign Trade,
Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi – 110107.
2. Directorate General of Supplies &
Disposals, Jeevan Tara Building,
Parliament Street, New Delhi - 110001.
3. Directorate General of Anti-Dumping &
Allied Duties, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi
– 110107.
Subordinate Offices
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1. Directorate General of Commercial
Intelligence and Statistics, No. 1, Council
House Street, Kolkata – 700001, West
Bengal.
2. Cochin Special Economic Zone,
Administrative Building, Kakkanad, Kochi
– 600030, Kerala.
3. Falta Special Economic Zone, IInd MSO
Building, 4th Floor, R.No. 44, Nizam
Palace Complex, 234/4, AIC Bose Road,
Kolkata – 700020, West Bengal.
4. MEPZ Special Economic Zone, National
Highway 45, Administrative Office
Building, Tambaram, Chennai – 600045,
Tamil Nadu.
5. Kandla Special Economic Zone,
Gandhidham, Kutch-370230, Gujarat.
6. SEEPZ Special Economic Zone,
Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400096,
Maharashtra.
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7. Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone,
Administrative Building, Duvvada,
Visakhapatnam – 530046, Andhra
Pradesh.
8. Noida Special Economic Zone, Noida
Dabri Road, Phase-II, Noida – 201305,
Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar
Pradesh.
9. Pay and Accounts Office (Commerce),
Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi - 110107.
10. Pay and Accounts Office (Supply Division),
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments, New Delhi
– 110011.
Autonomous Bodies
1. Coffee Board, 1, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Veedhi, Bangalore – 560001, Karnataka.
2. Rubber Board, Sub-Jail Road, P.B.
No.1122, Kottayam – 686002, Kerala.
3. Tea Board, 14, BTM Sarani, Brabourne
Road, P.B. No.2172, Kolkata – 700001,
West Bengal.
4. Tobacco Board, P.B.No.322, Guntur –
522004, Andhra Pradesh.
5. Spices Board, Sugandha Bhavan, N.H.
Bypass, PB-2277, Palarivattom P.O. Kochi
– 682025, Kerala.
6. Marine Products Export Development
Authority, MPEDA House, Panampilly
Avenue, Kochi – 682036, Kerala.
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7. Agricultural & Processed Food Products
Export Development Authority, NCUI
Building, Siri Institutional Area, August
Kranti Marg, New Delhi – 110016.
8. Export Inspection Council of India, 3rd
Floor, NDYMCA Cultural Centre Building,
1, Jai Singh Road, New DelhI-110001.
9. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, B-21,
Institutional Area, South of IIT, New Delhi
– 110016.
10. Indian Institute of Packaging, B-2, MIDC
Area, P.B.No. 9432, Andheri (East),
Mumbai – 400096, Maharashtra.
Public Sector Undertakings
1. State Trading Corporation of India,
Jawahar Vyapar Bhavan, Tolstoy Marg,
New Delhi - 110001.
Subsidiary of STC
1. STCL Ltd., No. 7A, "STC Trade Centre",
3rd Floor, Nandini Layout, Bengaluru –
560096, Karnataka.
2. MMTC Ltd., Scope Complex, 7,
Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
- 110003.
3. PEC Ltd., “Hansalaya”, 15, Barakhamba
Road, New Delhi - 110001.
4. Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of
India Ltd., 10th Floor, Express Towers,
P.B. No. 373, Nariman Point, Mumbai -
400021, Maharashtra.
5. India Trade Promotion Organization,
Pragati Maidan, Mathura Road, New
Delhi – 110001.
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Export Promotion Councils
1. Chemexcil, Jhansi Castle, 4th Floor, 7,
Cooperage Road, Mumbai – 400039,
Maharashtra.
2. CAPEXIL, “Vanijya Bhawan”, International
Trade Facilitation Centre, 1/1 Wood
Street, 3rd Floor, Kolkata – 700016, West
Bengal.
Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities
3. Cashew Export Promotion Council of
India, Cashew Bhavan, Mundakkal,
Kollam – 691001, Kerala.
4. Council for Leather Exports,No.1, CMDA
Tower II, III floor, Gandhi Irwin Road,
Egmore, Chennai - 600 008, Tamil Nadu.
5. EEPC “Vanijya Bhawan”, International
Trade Facilitation Centre, 1st Floor, 1/1
Wood Street, Kolkata – 700016, West
Bengal.
6. Gems &Jewellery Export Promotion
Council, Office No. AW 1010, Tower A,
G Block, Bharat Diamond Bourse,Next
to ICICI Bank, Bandra-Kurla Complex,
Bandra – East, Mumbai – 400051,
Maharashtra.
7. Project Exports Promotion Council of
India (PEPC), 123, 1st Floor, Behind
Shankar Road Market, New Rajinder
Nagar, New Delhi – 110060.
8. Plastics Export Promotion Council,
Crystal Tower, Ground Floor, Gundiwali
Road No.3, Opp. Sir M.V. Road, Andheri
(East), Mumbai – 400069, Maharashtra.
9. Shellac Export Promotion Council,
”VanijyaBhawan”, International Trade
Facilitation Centre, 1/1 Wood Street, 2nd
Floor, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal.
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 10. Export Promotion Council for EOUs & Other Organizations
SEZ Units, 8-G, 8th Floor, Hansalaya
1. Federation of Indian Export Organizations,
Building, 15, Barakhamba Road, New
NiryatBhawan, Rao Tula Ram Marg, Opp.
Delhi-110001.
Army Hospital (Research& Referral), New
11. Pharmexcil, 101, AdityaTrade Centre, Delhi-110057.
Ameerpeth, Hyderabad-500 038, Andhra
2. Indian Diamond Institute, Katargam,
Pradesh.
GIDC, Sumul Dairy Road, P.B. No. 508,
12. Indian Oil Seeds & Produce Export Surat-395008, Gujarat.
Promotion Council, 78-79, Bajaj Bhawan,
3. Footwear Design & Development
Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021,
Institute, A-10/A, Sector-24, Noida –
Maharashtra.
201301, GautamBudh Nagar, Uttar
13. Services Export Promotion Council, Pradesh.
509-518, 5th Floor, Apparel House,
4. National Centre for Trade Information,
Institutional Area, Sector-44, Gurgaon –
NCTI Complex, PragatiMaidan, New
122003, Haryana.
Delhi - 110001.
14. Sport Goods Export Promotion
5. Price Stabilisation Fund Trust,
Council, 1-E/6, Swami Ram Tirth Nagar,
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 ORGANISATION CHART *
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry (Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman)
Commerce Secretary (Shri Shri Rajeev Kher)
Additional Secretary & Additional Secretary Additional Secretary Additional Secretary Additional Secretary
Financial Advisor (BPP) (MP) (DSD) (JSD) (RRR)
Finance, Budget & Accounts, Infrastructure, Centre State Monitoring and Review of Trade Policy Division including Plantations, National Steering
Trade Finance. Interaction on Exports including Export Strategy, Administration RMTR and UNCTAD, Regional Committee on Organic

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States Cell, Foreign Trade (State & Establishment, FT (Africa) Comprehensive Economic Products, Chairman EIC; IBEF,
Trading), Foreign Trade (Mineral and FT (WANA). Addl: CMD Partnership (RCEP) negotiations, Indian Institute of Packaging
& Ores), Special Economic (MMTC). EP (Services Export), New (IIP)
Zone, Export Oriented Units/ Convention Centre Projects,
Foreign Overseas Investment, ITPO, Trade with CIS, Addl.
Foreign Investment Promotion Charge:- DGAD
Board (Export Promotion), and
Supervisory charge of FT (LAC)
& FT (NAFTA/AM)

DGS&D, JS(JKD) JS(AM) JS(SC) JS(RC) JS(AKT) JS(SP) JS(RA) JS(SPM) JS(DR) EA(SD) EA(RD)
DGS&D, FT (Australia and FT(SA/ TPD (NAMA, Textiles, FT (ASEAN), FT (NEA), TPD (Agriculture, SEZ, EOU, FT FT (Europe), EPL-I EPL-II
EP New Zealand), SAARC/ Disputes Settlement and ESCAP, EP EP (Agri), Safeguards, SPS, FOI, FT (Coordination), FT (LAC),
(G&J) & Anti Dumping Iran), Rules, Trade Facilitation, (Engg.) Biotechnology, TBT, TNC and (NAFTA/ Hindi Division CAPEXIL
Kimberley and Subsidies, E&MDA, Customs valuation, Import including MPEDA, EP(MP) General Council, AM), FIEO, and RTI Cell - and
Process Board of MAI, Licensing Procedures, RMTR Export of and Export Centre for WTO EP Textiles, Independent SHEFEXIL
Safeguards, IIFT, ECGC, and CRTA, APTA, BIMSTEC, Defence Inspection, Studies, NCTI, PLEXCONCIL Charge,
EP (ECS), EP (LSG), Exim GSP, Accession, CTD and Aid and High Environment and Additional:-
Infrastructure, Bank, EP for Trade Initiative, Trade Technology E.I, E.II, E.III, Labour, STEs, O&M,/
ASIDE Scheme, (OP) & & Transfer of Technology, Products. E.IV, General BIPA, Ministerial IWSU/C&MT
States Cell, Vigilance Trade Debt and Finance, Admn., Conference), TPD Sections)
Main-streaming Section Electronic Commerce). Addl. Charge: Protocol, TA/TC, (Coordination and
of States in UNCTAD (including GSTP), FT (CIS), Cash-I, Cash II. Administration),
International Small Economies and LDCs, Trade Finance TPD (Services)
Trade and Export Investment (including Division/Public and TRIPS, EP
Promotion in the TRIMS) and Competition, Grievances, Pharmaceuticals
North-East Government Procurement, Supply (Pharmexil), EP
IBSA, BRICS and RCEP Division, (Services)
Negotiations. CHEMEXIL and Offset Policy
Administration of EP (CAP). and GS1 India
India-EU BTIA and India-EFTA
Negotiations

Addl. Charge:- Parliament

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Role, Functions, Organizational Structure, Strategic Initiatives & Priorities